Pearalicious loaf //

 Creating foods that are gluten free, sugar free, failsafe, nutritionally sound and palatable is not the easiest thing in the world. But! I did manage to create this loaf that even my brother enjoyed (he is the litmus test for all recipes). Although it isnt the most nutritionally dense morsel I've ever created, it is a total failsafe recreation of a lemon/walnut loaf my grandma used to make... and it turned out surprisingly great.

Failsafe pear loaf

Ingredients

125g butter, melted
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1 1/2 cups organ self-raising gluten free flour
1 cup rice malt syrup (or brown rice if not sugar free)
1 tsp salt
3 pears, pealed and diced
1/2 cup oats

Method 

Preheat oven to 160 degrees celsius and grease and line a loaf tin.
Combine melted butter and rice malt syrup in a large mixing bowl, then add eggs and milk and stir.
When they're all combined add 2 of the pears and remaining ingredients.
Pour into prepared tin and pop into oven.
After its cooked for 40 minutes, take out and top with  remaining pear and oats.
Place in the oven for a further 20 minutes or until skewer comes out clean.
Let it cool completely before serving.





Verdict: I made two batches, one with sugar and one with the rice malt syrup. The sugar one had a better texture, but they both tasted delicious! Even the notorious brothers loved them.

Tips: My oven is a little fiddly, so keep an eye out for how long yours takes to cook. Letting it cool completely before eating is essential.

xx

Potato and leek soup // totally failsafe

My diet is crazy at times, mostly because of the eczema that has plagued me for over four years and the numerous attempts to cure it.

At the moment I'm trialling the "failsafe elimination diet".

I've been on it for a week and its been a slight challenge (although it doesn't come close to being as hard as GAPS). Finding the incentive to make appetizing meals for myself alone has been low. But tonight I took my mothers advice and whipped up a delicious soup! Inspiration came from numerous different sources online that I adjusted to make failsafe. Thanks Google (:

Super quick and easy failsafe leek and potato soup 

Ingredients: 

1 leek, roughly chopped
4 garlic cloves
30g butter
5 potatoes, roughly chopped
1 (and a bit) litres of chicken stock
salt
Cream (optional if you're not dairy free)
chives

Method:

Chuck leek and garlic into thermomix and chop on speed 6 for 5 seconds.
Add butter and cook for 5 mins on speed 1 at 100*C
Pop potatoes in and again cook for 5 mins on speed 1 at 100*C
Then throw in the stock and cook for 20 mins on speed 2 100*C
When cooked, purée for 45 seconds gradually increasing speed to 8 (to avoid spillage)
Add salt to taste and serve with chives

That easy! Super satisfying on these cold winter days :) This isnt a sure and fast recipe. Play around and use what you've got.
Traditionally, leek and potato soup includes onion and cream, but with being failsafe I wasnt able to include them and happily didn't seem to notice to much.



xx